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Education spending (% of GDP)

Name: Education spending (% of GDP)
Creator: World Bank Open Data
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses

Public current and capital spending on education as a percentage of GDP according to the World Bank (UNESCO).

4.3%Poland · 2022

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID a5882b18dff5Warehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1991–2022; observations: 30; missing years: 2 (1994, 1997)

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3.9→4.3

Total change: +0.4 pp
Period: 1991–2022

Poland: 3.9 (1991) → 4.3 (2022). Difference: +0.4 pp. Peak value of 6.2 in 1996; lowest value of 3.9 in 1991.

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Education spending (% of GDP) — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2022	Poland	4.3%
2021	Poland	4.6%
2020	Poland	4.8%
2019	Poland	4.6%
2018	Poland	4.6%
2017	Poland	4.5%
2016	Poland	4.6%
2015	Poland	4.8%
2014	Poland	4.9%
2013	Poland	5%
2012	Poland	4.8%
2011	Poland	4.8%
2010	Poland	5.1%
2009	Poland	5%
2008	Poland	5%
2007	Poland	4.9%
2006	Poland	5.2%
2005	Poland	5.4%
2004	Poland	5.3%
2003	Poland	5.3%

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-10-08
Retrieved: 2026-11-05
Indicator code in source: SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unit of measure: percent
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Education spending (% of GDP)”. World Bank Open Data (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), 1970–2023, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-11-05. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: a5882b18dff58c07366249de11b0081e9e2740db288d8f985eb71486ac389ced. https://longseries.com/en/d/education-spending/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2022: highest — Sweden; lowest — Italy

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearSweden	2022	7.3%7.3%
United Kingdom	2021	5.9%5.9%
Brazil	2022	5.6%5.6%
United States	2021	5.4%5.4%
France	2022	5.3%5.3%
Germany	2022	5.2%5.2%
Netherlands	2022	5.2%5.2%
Spain	2022	4.6%4.6%

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About this series

Government expenditure on education, % of GDP. World Bank (UNESCO UIS).

Indicator definition

Public current and capital spending on education at all levels, including transfers to private institutions.

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The share also depends on demography: fewer children Fertility at the same share means more per pupil.

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